The lockdown days in Pune were difficult as we were afraid to go out much to get food and vegetables so meals were sort of short cut types with not much variety. Some of the dishes I cooked with unfailing regularity were as follows:
Breakfast: Uttapa for Sona or oats with milk, Bread and cheese or Bread cheese omlette for us
Lunch: One out of Lauki ki sabzi, Karela alu sabzi, Drumstick brinjal alu sabzi in rotation
Masoor or Toor Dal on most days, Rice (Sona has 1 spoon of rice)
Sometimes (Once or twice a week) Chicken nuggets or Basa fish or egg curry
Dinner : Chapatti,
One sabzi out of Bhindi alu sabzi, Mushroom subzi, Alu Mutter, Alu gobhi, Baigan fry
Curd
Very rarely I would make Veg Biriyani, Lemon Rice, Cakes or Noodles
Cakes made on gas oven for her Baba's birthday by Sona
Dhokla prepared by following a recipe from the internet turned out to be nice and tasty
Special Tomato soup by Sona for me when I was down with Corona like symptoms was very tasty
and helped me recover quickly
Special Chocolate cake on my birthday
We ate a lot of seasonal fruits: Grapes, Mango, Pomegranate, even Litchi was available for one or two weeks in June and then Guava
New activities learned: Lockdown was a lesson as it taught us to manage without maids or even the services of barbers/ or laundry services. Had to do sweeping, mopping, washing dishes, hair cutting.
I even tried my hand at painting the bathroom door
One definite advantage of the worldwide lockdown was decrease in pollution levels. We had a good view of the faraway hills from our balcony which used to be hazy earlier.
Hope this lockdown ends so that we are able to go to Kolkata soon to celebrate Durga Puja there this time.
